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Dutch invasions of Brazil
The Dutch invasions in Brazil, ordered by the Dutch West India Company (WIC), occurred during the 17th century.
Considered the biggest political-military conflict in the colony, the invasions were centered on the control of sugar and slave supply sources. Although they were concentrated in the Northeast, they were not just a regional episode. There were two interconnected, albeit distant, fronts: Brazil and Africa.
The resistance was characterized by a financial and military effort based on local and external resources. The funds raised in the colony accounted for two thirds of the expenditure between 1630 and 1637, with mostly European troops, and almost all of the expenditure between 1644 and 1654, with soldiers mainly from Pernambuco.
On 26 January 1654, the Dutch surrendered and signed the capitulation, after the tide turned against the Dutch when they suffered a significant defeat at the Second Battle of Guararapes in 1649, acknowledging the Portuguese as the stronger military presence in Brazil.
The conflict began during the Philippine Dynasty, known in Brazil as the Iberian Union, a period between 1580 and 1640 when Portugal and its colonies were under the rule of the Spanish Crown.
At the time, the Dutch were fighting for their independence from Spanish rule. Although some provinces proclaimed their independence in 1581, the Republic of the Seven United Provinces, with their capital Amsterdam, only had its independence recognized in 1648, after the peace agreement of Münster.
During the conflict, one of the measures adopted by Philip II was the prohibition of Spanish trade with Dutch ports, which directly affected the Brazilian sugar business, since they were traditional investors in sugar agro-manufacturing.
Faced with this restriction, the Dutch focused on trade in the Indian Ocean and, in 1602, set up the Dutch East India Company, which had a monopoly on eastern commerce, assuring the company's profitability.
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Dutch invasions of Brazil
The Dutch invasions in Brazil, ordered by the Dutch West India Company (WIC), occurred during the 17th century.
Considered the biggest political-military conflict in the colony, the invasions were centered on the control of sugar and slave supply sources. Although they were concentrated in the Northeast, they were not just a regional episode. There were two interconnected, albeit distant, fronts: Brazil and Africa.
The resistance was characterized by a financial and military effort based on local and external resources. The funds raised in the colony accounted for two thirds of the expenditure between 1630 and 1637, with mostly European troops, and almost all of the expenditure between 1644 and 1654, with soldiers mainly from Pernambuco.
On 26 January 1654, the Dutch surrendered and signed the capitulation, after the tide turned against the Dutch when they suffered a significant defeat at the Second Battle of Guararapes in 1649, acknowledging the Portuguese as the stronger military presence in Brazil.
The conflict began during the Philippine Dynasty, known in Brazil as the Iberian Union, a period between 1580 and 1640 when Portugal and its colonies were under the rule of the Spanish Crown.
At the time, the Dutch were fighting for their independence from Spanish rule. Although some provinces proclaimed their independence in 1581, the Republic of the Seven United Provinces, with their capital Amsterdam, only had its independence recognized in 1648, after the peace agreement of Münster.
During the conflict, one of the measures adopted by Philip II was the prohibition of Spanish trade with Dutch ports, which directly affected the Brazilian sugar business, since they were traditional investors in sugar agro-manufacturing.
Faced with this restriction, the Dutch focused on trade in the Indian Ocean and, in 1602, set up the Dutch East India Company, which had a monopoly on eastern commerce, assuring the company's profitability.